Coal and wood box.



W. B. QUIGK.

. GOALAND WOOD BOX.

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GOAL AND WOOD BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Application filed October 12, 1909. Serial No. 522,314.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. QUICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louis, in the State of Missouri, have 1nvented certain newand useful Improvements in Coal and \Vood Boxes, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles or bins forholding coal and kindling wood.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical,convenient and attractive device of this character which may be kept ina kitchen or other room close to a stove for holding coal, wood,matches, a shovel and a poker; and which has an improved door to permitof the ready removal of the coal and wood and also to permit the dirtaround a stove to be-readily brushed into the box or receptacle.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangements of parts, hereinafterfully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved coaland wood receptacle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the irregularplane indicated by the broken line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail sectional views taken respectively on the planes indicated by thelines 33, 44 in- Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of theswinging door.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the receptaclewhich is in the form of a rectangular box or bin made, preferably, ofsheet metal and having a vertical partition 2 to separate its interiorinto a coal compartment 3 and a smaller kindling wood compartment 4. Thetop of the receptacle has a stationary rear portion 5 and a removableportion or cover 6, which latter is hinged to the edge of the section 5as shown at 7 and has a depending flange 8 surrounding its front andside edges as shown. The hinged top or cover 6 permits the compartments3, 4 to be readily filled, but the coal and also the kindling wood ifdesired, is removed from the receptacle through an opening 9 formed inthe lower portion of its front and closed by a swinging door 10. Theopening 9 is formed by bending the bottom portion of the front wall ofthe receptacle or box inwardly to provide a downwardly and inwardlyinclined deflector 11 which limits the feed of the coal and wood fromthe two compartments to the outlet or discharge opening 9. The door 10has portions of its ends bent upwardly to provide flanges 12 to slidablyengage the inner faces of the two end walls of the body of thereceptacle 1, and a similar flange 13 is provided on said door at anintermediate point for sliding engagement with the partition 2. Saidflanges 12, 13 are formed adjacent to their inner or lower ends withapertures 14 for the reception of bolts or other pivots 15 arranged invertical slots 16 in the end walls and partition 2. This verticallyslidable pivot connection permits the door 10 to slide vertically aswell as swing in a vertical plane, consequently the inner or bottom edge17 of the door will at all times bear upon the upper face of the flatbottom of the receptacle to prevent coaldust from getting beneath it andto move any coal that may be on the front portion of said bottominwardly when the door is lowered. To further facilitate this movementof the door and also to permit its upper or outer edge to rest fiat uponthe surface of the floor when the door is in its lowered or openedposition, said door has its rear or lower portion bent at a slight anglewith respect to its front or upper portion as indicated at 18. Thisangular formation of the door permits its front edge to rest upon thefloor and its rear edge 17 to rest upon the bottom of the receptaclewhen the door is lowered or opened, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2,and when said door is swung upwardly to its closed position, indicatedin dotted lines in said figure, the edge 17 of said door will engage anupturned flange or rib 19 formed upon the front edge of the bottom ofthe receptacle. A pivoted turn button or other fastening 20 may beemployed for retaining the door 10 in its closed position.

21 denotes a match holder arranged preferably in the upper portion ofthe kindling Wood compartment 4 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

22 denotes a shovel and 23 a poker, both of which have hook shaped endson their handles for engagement with an offset bracket 24 arranged onone of the end walls of the receptacle. Owing to this construction itwill be seen that the shovel and poker may be conveniently kept withinreach.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it is thought that the construction, operation and advantagesof the invention will be readily understood without a more extendedexplanation.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed is:

The combination of a body having in the lower portion of its front wallan opening, and in its side walls vertical slots, an inclined deflectorin the body adjacent said opening, a swinging door having an angularbody portion and end flanges, and pivots on said flanges and movable inthe vertical slots in the side walls of the body whereby the inner orlower edge of the door will rest upon the upper face of the bottom ofthe body while the door is opened or closed and thereby prevent thecontents of the body from getting beneath the door.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. WILLIAM B. QUICK. Witnesses:

EUGENIA KoHRUMEL, EDWARD BLATTNER.

